On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 09:50:47PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
> Robert Millan wrote:
>>
>> What is exactly the problem?
>
> Using automake without Makefile.am is non-standard and not provided for
> within automake. The only thing we use automake for is to copy
> config.{guess,sub} to the root of the root of the source.
>
> Also, building as one large monolithic Makefile with includes built via
> scripts is probably not optimal from a comprehension point of view.
That's a long-standing problem, with no easy solution. But as for automake,
I don't think it'd be a bad idea to migrate Makefile.in to Makefile.am. We
already have kludges in Makefile.in (e.g. docs/version.texi generation) which
would completely disappear if this file was automake'd.
Any takers?
--
Robert Millan
"Be the change you want to see in the world" -- Gandhi
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